Sean Valley’ Blog

Wow.  Today was cuh-razy.  Not only did we have an Instructional Technology teacher leader meeting.  We held this meeting in Elluminate.  Now if you don’t know what Elluminate is, don’t worry, neither did I until a year ago.  Now, however, I am a seasoned Ellumnati.  Ok, maybe not, but I have presented using Elluminate.

The really nice thing about Elluminate is that you can do it from ANYwhere.  My teammates were at the Resource Center, our office.  I was at home.  Our teacher leaders where spread out over our 50 schools, some were even at home.  Because of our license, we had to do two sessions, which is tough if you’re presenting in both, as I was.  It meant two pair of headphones, one meeting in each ear, but for attendees, it was painless.

We have used Discovery Education streaming since the fall of 2004, always frustrated by the steps it takes to share content created by our teachers or our students.  Finally, this fall we rolled out MediaShare.  Actually we’ve kind of inched out with MediaShare, and today’s presentation was the first widespread exposure.  I think that once we show people how easy it is, we will finally be able to stop sharing weekly bulletin videos on that video site that everyone uses, but shall remain nameless.

We hope to roll MediaShare AND Elluminate out in bigger fashion next year.  Now, cross your fingers and send your donations to the Lake Washington School District c/o Keep Professional Development Alive Fund.